Patrick McClanahan, Ph.D.

Postdoc

Forschungsinteressen

My postdoc research harnesses the power of virtual reality and an ecologically valid sample to assess criminal decision-making. Convicted burglars are invited to explore a neighborhood, select a target to burglarize, and commit a burglary in VR and to go about it just as they would in the real world. The VR system tracks all their behavior in real time, such as where they look, how they walk around, which target they select, where they enter houses, and how they go about committing a burglary once inside the target. The results of our studies have provided us with an unprecedented level of detail regarding burglary behavior. Currently, my project looks at how various physical cues (or Easter Eggs as we call them) such as cars, neighborhood watch signs, and security alarms influence burglary decision-making.

Vita

  • 10/2017-02/2021: PhD, Psychology, University of Cambridge
  • 10/2016–07/2017: MPhil, Social and Developmental Psychology, University of Cambridge
  • 08/2011–12/2014: BS, Psychology, with Second Major in Criminal Justice, Roanoke College, Virginia

Projekt

 Virtual Burglary

Das Projekt Virtual Burglary ist ein Forschungsprogramm, das zusammen mit Prof. Claire Nee (University of Portsmouth) und in Kollaboration mit Wissen­schaft­lern der Leiden University und der Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam durch­ge­führt wird. Das Projekt verwendet einen VR Ansatz, um das Verhalten von Einbrechern besser zu verstehen und zur Verhinderung von Kriminalität beizutragen… mehr

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